43.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Veresdale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Veresdale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Veresdale have completed high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 43.6% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a local profile where trade qualifications are more common than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 43.6% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland average of 57.1%. About 33.5% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Veresdale, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (8%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.2% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common high-level qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.9% of residents.
11.2% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Veresdale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 20.4%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3 kilometres, which is more than about 73% of similar areas. All of these are government schools, and their average size of 429 students is higher than most areas.
4
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
429
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
943
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Veresdale
4 schools — 1,717 students, average ICSEA 943.
By sector: Government 4
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Gleneagle State School, Gleneagle | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 222 | 929 |
| Veresdale Scrub State School, Veresdale Scrub | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 72 | 975 |
| Woodhill State School, Woodhill | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 166 | 959 |
| Beaudesert State High School, Beaudesert | Government | Secondary | 5.1 km | 1,257 | 942 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Veresdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32935/veresdale/topic/education